Sam Heughan

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Sam Heughan (born 30 April 1980) is a Scottish actor best known for his role as Jamie Fraser in the Starz series Outlander, for which he has been nominated for Best Actor on Television and also for Best Actor in a Drama Series.

In 2003, he was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Most Promising Performer for his role in the play Outlying Islands, which was performed at the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs.

In June 2019, Heughan was awarded an honorary doctorate "for his contributions to acting and charitable work" at the University of Stirling.

The University of Glasgow bestowed his second honorary doctorate in recognition of his artistic achievement and his charitable work in July 2019.

Education and early life

Sam Roland Heughan was born in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, on April 30th, 1980. His parents had been members of Gandalf's Garden, which was heavily inspired by J. R. Tolkien's work, prompting them to name Heughan and his older brother after characters from The Lord of the Rings. After their father died when they were both young, Sam's mother, Chrissie Heughan, an artist and craft papermaker, had trouble raising the two brothers.

Heughan, a five-year-old boy, moved from Balmaclellan to nearby New Galloway, where he attended Kells Primary School. He lived in converted stables on the grounds of Kenmure Castle during this period. He went to Edinburgh at the age of twelve and then the Edinburgh Rudolf Steiner School until the end of the sixth year. He spent two years living and travelling and was given a coveted position at RSAMD, the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (now the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland), in Glasgow, graduating in 2003.

Heughan appeared in several plays, including The Twits at Citizens Theatre, an adaptation of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment, Anton Chekhov's The Seagull, Aeschylus' Greek tragedy Proschylus, and Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, among others. Heughan, one of four students selected to represent RSAMD at the BBC Carlton Hobbs radio talent competition in 2002, just before graduating. At the 2022 graduation ceremony, his alma mater, the RCS, was named an honorary Doctorate.

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Career

Heughan, a student, appeared in Outlying Islands, a play by Scottish playwright David Greig. The play premiered at the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh before heading to London's Royal Court Theatre. Heughan was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Most Promising Performer for his role.

Heughan appeared on television for the first time in 2004's Island at War, a WWII drama about the German annexation of the Channel Islands. In David Harrower's play Knives in Hens, he appeared in many episodes of the Scottish soap opera River City and portrayed adulterous husband Pony William. Heughan appeared in a number of made-for-television films and miniseries from 2006 to 2009, including BBC and PBS' The Wild West (2006), Channel 4's docudrama, A Very British Sex Scandal (2006), and BBC Four's Breaking the Mould (2009). During this time, he appeared in a number of television series, including an episode of ITV's Midsomer Murders, ITV's crime drama Rebus, and two episodes of BBC's political drama Party Animals. Heughan appeared in many live performances, including Nol Coward's The Vortex at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Shakespeare's Hamlet at the Citizen's Theatre, Shakespeare's Hamlet at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, and Nicholas de Jongh's Plague Over England at the Duchess Theatre from 2007 to 2009, including No.l Coward's The Vortex at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Shakespeare's Hamlet at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Shakespeare's

In 2009, Heughan reprised his role as Scott Nielson, Nurse Cherry Malone's boyfriend, and a shady drug dealer in the BBC soap opera Doctors. For his twenty-one episode stint on the series, he was nominated for a British Soap Award in the category Villain of the Year. Heughan starred as the title character in Young Alexander the Great, a direct-to-video film that was shot in Egypt and delves into the life of the teen who would become Alexander the Great. He went on to star in BBC's television film First Light, the story of RAF pilot Geoffrey Wellum's experience in the Battle of Britain, as chronicled in his WWII memoir of the same name. Author Logan Mountstuart's life in the context of historical events surrounding him was chronicled in PBS' award-winning mini-series Any Human Heart, based on William Boyd's book of the same name. Heughan returned to theatre later this year in Patricia Highsmith's adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's book The Talented Mr. Ripley at the Royal & Derngate. Heughan portrayed Hugh Tennent, the founder of Tennent's Lager, in a series of comedies that have received a number of accolades at the Scottish Advertising Awards throughout the year.

Prince Ashton appeared in A Princess for Christmas on Hallmark Channel's original film A Princess for Christmas in 2011, a role that saw him opposite Roger Moore and receive a nomination for Most Inspiring Performance in Television at the 20th Annual Grace Awards. Max and Elsa played at the Bridewell Theatre in the same year as he appeared in Steve Waters' sold-out play Amphibians, a two-story tale of Olympic swimmers Max and Elsa. In the touring stage show Batman Live, he appeared as Batman for the next two years. He made the news for his help with the detention of a real-life citizen. He appeared in Shakepepeare's King John at the prestigious Mór Theatre in 2012.

Heughan appeared in the Starz time-travel drama series Outlander in 2013. He was the first cast member to be officially announced by the series's creator, Diana Gabaldon, who said, "that man is a Scot to the bone and Jamie Fraser to the heart." "I'm so grateful to the production team for their painstaking attention to the story and characters having seen Sam Heughan not only act but also be Jamie." The role is recurring, with Heughan reprising Jamie Fraser's role from seasons one (which premiered in 2014) to five and the forthcoming season six. In 2019, Caitriona Balfe, his co-star, and the producer took over the series's producer role.

Heughan appeared in the psychological thriller Emulsion, the tale of a man haunted by his wife's disappearance. In addition, Heughan appeared in the comedy Heart of Lightness, in which Heughan appeared with two of his future Outlander co-stars: Laura Donnelly, who plays Jamie Murray, and Rosie Day, who appeared in the second season. He went on to perform Jacob in the 2016 independent film When the Starlight Ends, which premiered at the Other Venice Film Festival.

Heughan co-starred in The Spy Who Dumped Me, a comedy film directed by Mila Kunis and Kate McKinnon, which was shot during an Outlander filming hiatus in 2018. Heughan appeared in the Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment video game Lego DC Super-Villains as the Mirror Master in his first voice-acting role. In May of this year, Heughan appeared on BBC Two Scotland's special The Adventure Show, alongside Cameron McNeish, in an episode titled "Take A Hike" that focused on Scotland's love for walking. Heughan also announced that he would play Corporal Jimmy Dalton in Bloodshot, an adaptation of the best-selling comic book from the Vain universe, opposite Vin Diesel and Michael Sheen. In March 2020, Bloodshot premiered in the United States. Heughan appeared in SAS: Red Notice, a film based on Andy McNab's book of the same name, in November 2018.

In 2019, Heughan would appear in To Olivia, a biopic about Patricia Neal and Roald Dahl starring Keeley Hawes and Hugh Bonneville. Heughan was cast as Henry in the Regency-era romantic comedy Mr. Malcom's List in 2020, based on Suzanne Allain's book of the same name. In the romantic drama Text for You, a remake of the German film SMS Fur Dich, Heughan was also cast alongside Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Celine Dion.

Heughan was also the first global brand ambassador for the English clothing brand Barbour, beginning in 2016. Since his first autumn/winter line in 2017, he has produced several collections, some of which he co-designed.

Heughan's Travelogue: Clanlands: Whisky, Warfare, and a Scottish Adventure Like No Other was published in November 2020 with Outlander co-star Graham McTavish. The book became a best-selling book, debuting at No. 1 on the charts. Among other items, No. 1 on the New York Times' Best Seller Lists for hardcover nonfiction, combined print and e-book nonfiction, and nonfiction for combined print and e-book nonfiction, as well as other categories. Clanlands is a companion to Men in Kilts: A Road Trip With Sam and Graham, an eight-part television series created by and starring Heughan and McTavish which premiered on the Starz channel in February 2021.

Heughan also launched the Sassenach brand in 2020, which he founded in The Great Glen Company. The Sassenach is available in the United Kingdom and select US states, and has earned a double gold medal at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition in 2020.

Via Sky Cinema, To Olivia premiered in the United Kingdom on February 19, 2021. Vertical Entertainment acquired the film's North American distribution rights, and it was released in the United States on April 15, 2022. Mixed reviews were given to the film.

Heughan, SAS, is a British action thriller based on Andy McNab's book Red Notice, which was released the same year. Via Sky Cinema, the film premiered in the United Kingdom on March 12, 2021. In the United States, Vertical Entertainment and Redbox Entertainment released the film on March 16, 2021. The film was renamed SAS: Rise of the Black Swan on Netflix to avoid confusion with the Netflix-produced film Red Notice, which was also released in 2021. The film received mainly favorable to mixed reviews.

As of early 2021, Heughen has wrapped up filming of It's All Coming Back to Me (previously titled Text For You), in which he will star alongside Priyanka Chopra and Celine Dion. The film is an English-language remake of the 2016 German film SMS für Dich, based on Sofie Cramer's 2009 book of the same name. Sony Pictures Releasing is releasing the film theatrically on February 10, 2023.

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